Dr Marcus P. Lerch LL.M. (Cambridge)

• Representing a property development company in a dispute with creditors after an international insolvency related restructuring.
• Representing a crowd investment broker against investor claims.
• Representing a property development company in a mediation with its partners.*
• Representing an international fund manager in a dispute resulting from the insolvency of an international bank and contractual counterparty.*
• Advising an international industrial corporation regarding risk mitigation after a cyberattack.*
• Advising an international insurance company in a property development dispute involving a joint venture company.*
• Advising and representing a global OEM in its worldwide defence against compliance- related customer claims brought against the OEM and its dealers (with a special focus on the law of legal services).*
• Advising a global manufacturer of home appliances in a multijurisdictional dispute airing out of the insolvency of a commercial customer, including developing and implementing the defence against claw-back and tort claims brought forward by an insolvency administrator.*
• Representing an industry supplier in an international mediation with a trade partner.*
• Representing the joint representative of a group of bondholders in an insolvency-related dispute with shareholders.*
• Representing a leading German financial institution in an ad hoc arbitration concerning various corporate law issues.*
• Advising a hotel group in a dispute involving claims brought forward by an insolvency administrator resulting from a real estate transaction.*
• Representing a real estate investment company in contract-related disputes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the hospitality sector.*
• Representing an international industrial corporation in a post-M&A arbitration according to the rules of the German Arbitration Institute (DIS).*
• Defending a building-material dealer and energy company in an action brought by shareholders seeking the annulment of resolutions of the Annual General Meeting.*

*Denotes experience from a previous firm.

• Interessengerechtes anwaltliches Konfliktmanagement für Unternehmen, Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (ZIP) 2024,1428 et seq. (with Patrick Schroeder)
• Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit (§ 21), in: Wachter/Heckschen (ed.), Praxis des Handels und Gesellschaftsrechts, 6th edition, Bonn 2024 with Patrick Schroeder
• Zum Antrag der Fraktion der CDU/CSU „Kollaps der Ziviljustiz verhindern“ – Wirksame Reglungen zur Bewältigung von Massenverfahren schaffen (BT-Drs. 20/5560), Rechtsausschuss, Deutscher Bundestag, Öffentliche Anhörung vom 10, Mai 2023 
• Herausforderungen an den Zivilprozess bei Massenverfahren – Ein Blick aus der anwaltlichen Praxis, Neue Juristische Wochenschrift (NJW) 2023, 420 et seq. with Christina Valdini
• Drittfinanzierte Sammelinkassokläger vor dem BGH – das nächste Kapitel, Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (ZIP) 2022, 1627 et seq. with Patrick Schroeder